episode_0026

While I was excited about new possibilities, I discovered that the knight had been killed by a demon.

“Is he dead? It’s a pity, I was thinking of experimenting with injecting blood.”

No, but having a knight with you is too conspicuous.

Also, I didn’t have time to experiment here.

Anyway, since I killed Baron Basquel’s knight, I can no longer train here in peace.

“I guess I should quickly leave for the lawless zone.”

A magician who kills a knight?

Wandering magicians of that level were rare, and I didn’t know that if I did something wrong, I would be wanted in this kingdom.

After collecting the knight’s body, I burned it with a fire snake, returned to the cave, and woke up Luisi, who was sleeping.

“I killed a knight named Ranoa. Hurry and get here

I have to get away.”

“Yes? Lord Ranoa, the Hound Knight? He’s already here?”

“It wasn’t a big deal. If you want to kill me, you’ll have to be at the highest level of Auror Expedition. However, it will be difficult if the location is specified, so let’s go quickly.”

The ability called Auror has levels of User-Expert-Master.

Users were at levels E~D and Expeditors were at levels C~B.

There were only two masters in the kingdom who were estimated to be comparable to A-rank, and this was the reason why I could not act freely.

‘I don’t have the confidence to face Class A yet.’

Considering that I had easily killed enemies based on my weight class up until now, facing a higher-level enemy alone was almost suicidal.

I didn’t kill the lord myself, and the master would never step forward in something like this, but there was no harm in being careful.

We erased any traces of our stay in the cave and headed to Brion territory.

***

We succeeded in entering the Brion territory in one and a half days through a forced march.

“Let’s rest at the inn today.”

“Wow! Thank you, Solomon!”

Luisi’s feet were not used to it and had blisters due to the forced march, so she decided to rest here.

Since it was probably before the fact that I killed Ranoa became known, I took some time to relax.

Also, it would take a week at the earliest for the news to spread throughout the country, so all I had to do was leave for the County of Haith before then.

Some time after entering the territory, we finally left the dirt roads and mountain paths and set foot on the roads of the old empire.

It was clearly distinct from the surrounding area. It had huge black stones stuck straight into the ground and was so wide that it reminded me of a two-lane road on Earth.

I touched and admired the black stone road at the bottom. There was no sand visible on the road and no weathered stones. A weak spell could even be felt inside the stone floor.

In fact, this road is close to a magic tool containing magic.

“Is this still maintained? Hasn’t it been 400 years since the old empire collapsed?”

“That’s how great the old empire was. Most of the heritage was lost or destroyed in the tribulations of the time, but…”

We walked along the road and looked around the border of Brion’s territory. We saw a huge amount of farmland, dozens or hundreds of serfs farming, and armed soldiers watching the serfs and the outside of the territory.

Unlike the serfs of Earth, the serfs of this world were slaves who belonged to a lord, but the outskirts of these fiefdoms were dangerous areas where monsters could invade and kill them at any time, so ordinary people did not want to come even if the land was rented out for free.

However, because the available land was already small due to monsters, it was impossible to make fun of even the outskirts of the land, so slaves were used as serfs for farming, and for control, slave necklaces made by the church were worn around their necks.

The reason why it was created by a religious denomination is because the Holy Church’s position is to defend and support slavery and the class system. According to their doctrine, there are ranks among people?

There is information about that necklace in the memory of an old priest. It is one of the main sources of income for the church, and it was made with divine power, so it is difficult to break, and it contains a pair of pointers containing the sacred art of enlightenment, so it cannot cause pain to the person wearing the necklace. there was.

Just as a soldier is targeting a serf right before my eyes.

“Kwaaagh…! Wow! Off…. Geegegegeong…!”

“Can’t I move quickly? Did you think you wouldn’t know if I was resting secretly? If you can’t finish the work from here to there today, you won’t be able to sleep!”

The soldier shouted, but the serf remained silent.

The soldier, who saw this and thought he had been ignored, contorted his face and pointed his baton at the serf again.

shaking

The serf was foaming at the mouth and his limbs were shaking, unable to even scream.

“What, did you faint? You look like a weakling. When this bastard wakes up, the workload is doubled!”

The soldier, who kicked the unconscious serf and pushed him away, called out to the serf woman who was watching restlessly nearby.

“Ellie! Come to my lodgings this evening. You know?”

Serf Eli bowed his head in silence and agreed.

I clicked my tongue when I saw that scene.

‘It’s nice too.’

The serfs’ skin was burned by the sun, and their skin was rough, probably due to hard work covered in dust.

My cheeks were thin, I had dark circles and saggy skin due to overwork, and my teeth were yellow, so much so that I would have refused even if they offered me money.

“Huh?”

In that situation, a soldier finally found us walking down the street.

“Stop! What are they doing?”

In this world, there was little traffic between territories because of the monsters.

Even though there are dozens of people walking around in groups.

Perhaps that’s why the soldiers’ alertness was high.

“My name is Solomon, a mercenary. I came to Brion Territory looking for work.”

First of all, I was wearing a sword, and in a world like this, going back and forth between the territories alone without any weapons was absurdly suspicious, so it was better to pretend that I was a mercenary.

Mercenary pack? This is a place where there is no proper census of residents, so it is impossible for such a thing to happen. In the first place, being a mercenary is a job where you prove your skills.

“Really? Looks like he’s quite talented, right?”

The soldier’s eyes widened for a moment when he turned his head from me and saw Luisi.

Red hair, white skin visible even when covered in dirt, beautiful green eyes and red lips.

His appearance was definitely different from that of a serf.

The soldier who was watching Luisi turned his head to me again and said.

“A toll is required to lift it into Brion Territory. Since there are two of you, you have to pay 4 coins.”

I nodded and took out four large copper coins from my pocket.

This is the cash the driver had.

The soldier naturally pretends to receive the Daedonghwa and stabs me with his dagger.

deeply

“kekekeke. I will take good care of your girl.”

“It’s like a crazy medieval fantasy. Why is security like this?”

“Huh? uh. Huh?!”

The soldier’s dagger could not pierce my stomach and only pierced my clothes.

“Crazy… The dagger doesn’t work? What are you doing?”

“You are the grim reaper.”

I beheaded the soldier with my sword.

To be honest, I had no idea that he would stab me so openly in front of other soldiers.

When the soldier took out the dagger and came close to my hand, I thought he was checking if it was counterfeit money by scraping off a coin.

How can I, who is at the peak of my powers, allow such a ridiculous surprise attack?

It was a very embarrassing and shameful thing.

“What is that guy!”

“Bayron! You bastard!”

“The enemy! Gather together!”

The soldiers who were watching us nearby come rushing in.

I was still feeling hot so I decided to slaughter them all.

From the beginning, when that soldier tried to kill me first, there was no chance of these guys letting me go safely.

The trick of defeat was implemented, and a sword wind rose from my sword, cutting all five soldiers in half at the same time.

“Wow?!”

“Knight-level!”

All the soldiers in the area recognize me and rush to stop me.

One per sword.

Only after killing four more soldiers did I gauge their level.

‘Roughly third-rate. Well, in this world, if you awaken as an Auror, you are subject to conscription.’

In order to avoid conscription, one had to have some money or hold at least a small amount of power, such as that of a village chief.

As I killed three more soldiers, the remaining soldiers began to run away.

“Bounce!”

“We need to bring in Knight Gargal!”

“This is not the guy we should deal with!”

Five soldiers fleeing.

I picked up five stones from the ground, gave them strength through Jegyeong, and threw them.

Shuuu Kwasik!

The soldier who was running away, 300 meters away, thought as he felt the pain of his heart and chest being shattered at the same time.

‘monster…’

I saw the corpses of soldiers strewn in pieces and thought for a moment about how to sort out the situation.

I killed 19 soldiers, so the Brion territory will definitely pursue me.

The way to escape this chase is…

“All serfs gather!!! If you want to rummage, you don’t have to come!”

The serfs, who had been lying down and rolling their eyes here and there, calmly gathered in front of me.

One guy crawled away and two guys hid until the end.

Although three people were killed by stones flying from somewhere, the gathering went smoothly.

“From now on, you will all be free.”

I broke the necklace of the serf in front of me with force and said,

My plan was to blend in with the hundreds of serfs and run away while they ran away.

The work went very smoothly.

He made 400 serfs free in one hour.

In the middle, a knight named Gargal, who was either a serf manager or a territory border guard, brought five soldiers, but they were killed by my sword.

“Oh! Thank you, Solomon!”

“Long live Solomon!”

“Solomon, the liberator of serfs!”

The serfs praised me and gathered in dozens and left the estate.

They will probably become slash-and-burn farmers, bandits, and vagabonds.

To begin with, half of them probably had that as their original job.

I sigh as I watch the serfs leave.

“Whoa… I never thought things would turn out like this.”

Still, the soldier in charge of security would recklessly stab anyone passing through the territory…

“Solomon… what should we do now?”

“I have to run away. If you don’t want to go to war with Brion Territory.”

“I’m sorry… You won’t be able to speed up without me, so please leave me behind.”

Luisi said, sniffling.

Obviously, if you force a march and take her with blisters on the soles of her feet, you won’t be able to speed up.

“Who is saying that I can stay here as I please? If you are caught by others, my information will be known to others.”

“Yes? Then I will commit suicide…”

“That’s it. I will carry you, so be quiet.”

Luisi was brainwashed by Babel and committed suicide for me.

It would have been a waste to abandon such a faithful servant out of fear of something like Brion’s territory.

From the beginning, I have never abandoned any of my subordinates, except for those who would kill me just for knowledge.